Newegg has VMWare Fusion for $50.49 with a mail in $10 rebate making it $40.49. Found this on the dealmac.com web page which is handy for finding those transitory coupons and rebates.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832269005&nm_mc=AFC-DealNews&cm_mmc=AFC-DealNews-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA CB Thuy wrote: > Hi Anna. Fusion is definitely way better than parallels. I did manage > to get parallels to work with jaws some time ago, but the virtual > machine ran very slowly. If I remember this correctly, I first > installed windows through bootcamp and installed jaws also through > bootcamp. Then once parallels was running, I told it to use the > bootcamp installation as its virtual machine. I think that doing > things in that order meant that jaws could run properly. I'm afraid my > memory on all this is a bit hazy as I quickly gave up on parallels and > opted for fusion which seems to work a lot quicker and is more > accessible. Also worth noting that because of the jaws activation > method, you may need to reactivate every time you change major > parameters such as ram memory allocation, because jaws thinks it's a > completely different computer and deactivates itself! Very annoying! > That's why a lot of people recommend wineyes, because it doesn't have > the activation issues. Hope this helps. > > Cheers > > Thuy > > > On 21/07/2009, Woody Anna Dresner <wadres...@att.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thanks so much, Esther and Scott, for your help. I appreciate it very >> much. Looks like switching to Fusion makes the most sense. Do I have >> to uninstall and reinstall Windows, or is uninstalling Parallels and >> installing Fusion enough? >> >> Thanks, >> Anna >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
